Discount Shopping Day at Putnam Hill Nursery and Cavano’s Perennials

Come June, you may be looking for a few more items to finish up your spring planting or, like many of us, you are never done planting. Here is a unique opportunity for Hardy Plant Society/ Mid-Atlantic Group Members to shop, at a discount, at two wonderful nurseries and come home on a horticultural high!

Putnam Hill Nursery and Cavano’s Perennials have invited us to spend a day in Maryland shopping at nurseries you may not have been to before. Putnam Hill is located in Forest Hill, MD and Cavano’s is in Kingsville, MD. They are only 15 miles apart from each other. (For a reference, the travel time from center city Philadelphia is 1.5-2 hours.)

See more information on these nurseries below.

SHOPPING DAY DETAILS:

Date and Time:

Tuesday, June 10, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Registration:

Open to HPS Members only. Registration is required and there will be a $10 registration fee. Your registration fee will be deducted from your purchase at Cavano's.

Registration will open on April 23rd and close on June 1^st.

Click here if you would like to become a member of HPS/MAG before registering for this event.

Putnam Hill Nursery

Location:

2105 Putnam Road, Forest Hill, MD 21050; 443-722-2012

Parking:

Putnam Hill Nursery has limited parking spots. Carpooling is encouraged. If you are a driver, you will need to select a time slot for your visit when you register. Putnam Hill Nursery hours are 9:00 am – 4:00 pm. 

Plant Purchases:

Putnam Hill Nursery is giving HPS members a 10% discount. You must present the discount coupon you will receive in your confirmation email.

Putnam Hill accepts credit cards and cash. All purchased plants must go home with you; no shipping available.

Cavano’s Perennials

Location:

6845 Sunshine Ave., Kingsville, MD 21087; (410) 592-8077

Parking:

Cavano’s has plenty of onsite parking.

Plant Purchases:

Cavano’s is giving HPS members a 50% discount off their retail price. You must present the discount coupon you will receive in your confirmation email.

Cavano’s accepts credit cards and cash. All purchased plants must go home with you; no shipping available.

Cavano’s closes at 3:00 pm, so you will need to be in the line to pay by 2:50 pm.

Lunch and Restrooms:

If you want to pre-order and pay for a box lunch that will be delivered to Cavano’s at Noon.  A restroom is available at Cavano’s.

More information on Putnam Hill Nursery and Cavano’s Perennials:

Putnam Hill Nursery began in 1996 and is owned and operated by Melanie Ruckle. Melanie’s many years of horticultural and gardening experience have resulted in a nursery full of garden worthy plants, many of which are unusual or difficult to find in the trade. The nursery has many natives, pollinator plants, rock garden plants, groundcovers, and sun and shade perennials. Quite a few HPS/MAG members have been to Putnam Hill, either in 2022 after visiting Ladew Gardens or in 2024 on the way home from our trip to the gardens of Washington, DC. It is definitely worth a visit. More info at https://putnamhillnursery.com/.

Cavano’s Perennials, Inc. began in 1972 as a small cut flower business on a five-acre farm in Kingsville, Maryland (Baltimore County). Today, Cavano’s Perennials Inc. is a thriving and growing wholesale to the trade nursery/greenhouse operation with over 50 employees, growing more than 1,700 varieties of plants. In 2023, our member, and local horticultural “celebrity,” David Culp joined Cavano’s as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Many HPS/MAG members have attended pop-up’s at David’s fabulous Brandywine Cottage garden. And in 2024 members also visited Cavano’s on the way home from our trip to the gardens of Washington, DC. Many plants were purchased! More info at https://cavanos.com/.

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